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EDITORIAL: The silent war
June 9, 2006When 10-year-old Sireta White went to her cousin’s birthday party she didn’t expect to die. But she was killed in a drive-by spray of bullets. The fifth grader was the second child victimized by gun violence...
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WORLDNOTES
June 9, 2006Worldwide: Tropical forests at risk The Japan-based International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) reported May 25 that 95 percent of the world’s tropical forests either are not managed sustainably or are unprotected. “It is clear … that...
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Conservative wins Peruvian election
June 9, 2006Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia, whose 1985-90 term left his country in economic ruin, won a runoff election against left-of-center former army officer Ollanta Humala, preliminary results showed June 6. Garcia held a seemingly insurmountable lead...
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WHATS REALLY GOOD: A different kind of road trip
June 9, 2006The moment Chicago members of the Young Communist League picked me up to go to the YCL’s national convention in Brooklyn, I could tell this was going to be a different experience for me. A meal...
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NATIONALCLIPS
June 9, 2006FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.: Wal-Mart is hazardous to your health As Wal-Mart stockholders streamed into their annual meeting June 2, scores of labor activists — decked out in hazmat suits, displaying health hazard signs, and standing behind yellow...
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